Antitrust and Unfair Competition

Akin Gump’s antitrust team defends clients in bet-the-company civil and criminal litigation, steers billion-dollar mergers through the FTC and DOJ and counsels clients on avoiding antitrust problems before they arise.

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Our team represents clients in complex mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, partnerships and other strategic transactions. We have helped a diverse range of companies secure antitrust and other regulatory approvals to get deals done, and have successfully defended a number of antitrust merger investigations.

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Our lawyers help clients navigate the IP/antitrust interface. We advise clients on antitrust issues related to transactions involving IP. We also work closely with our intellectual property practice to represent clients involved in antitrust litigation, government investigations and enforcement actions in which a party’s conduct relating to IP is at issue.

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We have decades of experience handling high-stakes antitrust matters for some of the nation’s largest energy industry companies. Our work covers the full antitrust spectrum, including counseling; M&A and other transactions; DOJ, FTC and other government investigations and litigation; and private litigation in state and federal courts.

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We know the health care industry intimately and represent health industry clients in a number of matters, including M&A and joint ventures, product marketing and distribution, exercise and protection of IP, counseling and strategic planning, DOJ and FTC investigations and private antitrust lawsuits.